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Debian 11: jq Critical Heap Overflow Advisory DLA-4307-1 CVE-2025-48060

debian lts
Calendar Grey September 21, 2025
Dist Debian Esm H88
Keep up to date with the important jq revision mitigating a memory overflow flaw in Debian LTS, bolstering the protection of your system.
An issue has been found in jq, a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
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Summary

An issue has been found in jq, a lightweight and flexible command-line
JSON processor. A heap buffer overflow may happen when formatting empty
strings.


For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
1.6-2.1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your jq packages.

For the detailed security status of jq please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/jq

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: jq
Version: 1.6-2.1+deb11u1
CVE ID: CVE-2025-48060

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